LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

compāniō

compāniō m (genitive compāniōnis)
Classical[kɔmˈpaː.ni.oː]Ecclesiastical[komˈpaː.ni.o]

Meaning

  1. Late Latincomrade

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecompāniōcompāniōnēs
genitivecompāniōniscompāniōnum
dativecompāniōnīcompāniōnibus
accusativecompāniōnemcompāniōnēs
ablativecompāniōnecompāniōnibus
vocativecompāniōcompāniōnēs

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincompāniō

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.? Latin pānis Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibōcalq. Latin companio From con- (“with”) + pānis m (“bread”) + -ō m (noun-forming suffix), a calque of Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibō m (“messmate”, literally “person with whom one shares bread”). First documented in the Lex Salica. Compare typologically English mate (<< Proto-Germanic *ga- + *matiz), Russian однока́шник (odnokášnik) (< одно- (odno-) + ка́ша (káša) + -ник (-nik)).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancompany
  • Catalancompanya
  • Occitancompanh
  • Occitancompanha
  • Catalancompanyó
  • Old Occitancompanhon
  • Old Occitancompalhó
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiancompagno
  • Italiancompagna
  • Italiancompagnone
  • Corsicancumpagnu
  • Istriotcunpagno
  • Siciliancumpagnu
  • Old Venetancompagnò
  • Siciliancumpagnuni
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishcompaño
  • Spanishcompañón
  • Northern Portugalcompanhõesfrom Old Galician-Portuguese companhão
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshcompogn
  • Romanshcompagn
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Old Frenchcompaing
  • Old Frenchcompaignon
Gallo-Italic
  • Old Lombardcompagnon
Elsewhere
  • Emiliancunpâgn

Quick answers

What does compāniō mean in Latin?
compāniō, a noun, means “comrade”.
What is the genitive of compāniō?
The genitive singular is compāniōnis. compāniō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce compāniō?
In classical Latin, [kɔmˈpaː.ni.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [komˈpaː.ni.o].
Where does compāniō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin compāniō.